BERKELEY, Calif. (KCBS/AP) -- It was the roll of a lifetime.
Hundreds of amateur sushi chefs at the University of California, Berkeley got their hands fishy Sunday as they assembled a 330-foot California roll.
A university spokeswoman says Sunday's rice-and-seaweed monstrosity is the largest of its kind ever rolled, surpassing a 300-foot California roll made in Hawaii in 2001.
The stunt was part of a series of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Center for Japanese Studies.
Students used 200 pounds of rice, 80 pounds of avocado, 80 pounds of cucumber and 180 pounds of fish. And in a nod to the school's scores of vegetarians, the final 15 feet contained tofu instead of seafood.
Members of the Japanese Graduate and Researchers Society dressed as ninjas started the giant project.
Picture courtesy CBS5.
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